Aiken Public Safety marks 25 years since union
Aiken Public Safety celebrates 25 years since merging fire and police duties. Five original members remain, totaling about 140 years of combined experience. The department now includes 36 officers, nine PACT officers, nine special operations, five detectives, and expanded dispatch.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Fire
Aiken Public Safety
Pete Frommer
Donald Butler
Wayne Clark
Wendell Hall
Mike Day
Remi
Niscing
Frommer
Butler
Day
Clark
Hall
J. Carrol Busbee
PACT
Police and Community Together
Aiken
What's Changed in 25 Years 977
A concise data summary lists changes over 25 years including 15,000 calls, 8,208 traffic citations, 25 drug arrests, 313 fires with 98 building fires, 621 traffic crashes, and a 2002 figure of 95,944 calls. It also notes 5,000 traffic citations, over 9,000 traffic stops, 270 drug arrests with 461 charges, 214 fires with 55 of those, and 1,500 traffic crashes.
Pine Lawn Cemetery Restoration Efforts Begin in City Survey
Volunteers from Second Baptist Church seek city backed survey to map Pine Lawn Cemetery plots and set a plan for maintenance. City Manager LeDuc notes historic donation to African American community and lack of perpetual funding. The group aims to establish a burial registry and pursue Community Development Block Grant aid to fund repairs and upkeep.
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Second Baptist Church
Pine Lawn Cemetery
Roger LeDuc
LeDuc
Mildred Olithant
Olithant
Aiken
Shellhouse Funeral Home
Bethany Cemetery
Laurens Street
Tara Lee Shellhouse
Robert Shellhouse
Pine Lawn
Mama Edna Keeps Car Service Local in Beech Island
Edna Broome runs The Broome Service Center on Old Jackson Highway for 50 years focusing on automotive repair. Known as Mama Edna, she operates with three full time and several part time staff, serving many trucking firms and customers with parts runs and house-table office work. The shop handles cars, big trucks and trailers, from BMW to Chevrolet, and even a hearse once.
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Beech Island
Edna Broome
Aiken County
Broome
Old Jackson Highway
Spires Broome
Edna
Lynchburg
Savannah River
Chris Watson
Danny Watson
Eddie Batten
Arliss Jarvis
Rodney Brown
Nick Bennett
Billy Berger
Jim Broome
Mama Edna
Mama Broome
Kimberly-Clark
John Broome
Armed man robs Langley convenience store
A white male, 20 to 25, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 140 pounds, wearing a gray shirt and blue jeans, robbed Four Seasons Convenience Store on Augusta Road around 5 a.m. He fled with a cigar box of cash. no injuries were reported. The Aiken Bloodhound Team did not locate him. Suspect described and tips urged to sheriff at (800) 922-9709 or Crime Stoppers at (866) 88-CRIME with rewards up to $1000.
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Langley
Four Seasons
Augusta Road
Aiken
Aiken County
Trinity Lutheran Home unveils all terrain wheelchair
The fifth anniversary at Trinity Lutheran Home featured the Landeez all terrain wheelchair costing 2200 dollars. Administrator Connie Henrich announced plans to buy a second chair after fundraising success. The device will aid residents in outings to Isle of Palms Hopelands Garden and downtown. About 150 attended Americana Picnic.
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Trinity Lutheran Home
Connie Henrich
Landeez
Henrich
Isle of Palms
Hopelands Garden
Trinity
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